Lendl Wins In France

TENNIS

April 18, 1993

IVAN LENDL advanced to the final of the Nice Open in France with a 6-2, 6-3 victory over Fabrice Santoro on Saturday. He will face Marc Goellner, who upset top-seeded Stefan Edberg, 6-2, 7-5. Lendl blasted winners from the baseline to defeat Santoro, and Goellner, ranked No. 95 by the ATP, surprised Edberg with big serves.

YZAGA MAKES FINAL

HORACIO DE la Pena survived five set points in the first-set tiebreaker to outlast Claudio Mezzadri, 7-6 (14-12), 7-5, at the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships in Charlotte, N.C. He will face third-seeded Jaime Yzaga, a 6-2, 2-6, 6-2 semifinal winner over second-seeded Todd Martin, in today's final.